According to the State Statistical Office data, there were 513 violent deaths in the Republic of Macedonia in 2015, which is an increase of 4.1% compared to the previous year. Violent deaths accounted for 2.5% of the total number of deaths.
The structure of violent deaths by sex in 2015, as in previous years, shows higher male participation with 72.1%.
In total number of violent deaths, "accidents" ranked first with 70.4%, followed by "suicides" with 22.2% and "homicides" with 7.4%.In the category "accidents", the group "other external causes of accidental injury" was predominant with 29.2%.
In the category "suicides", deaths caused by "hanging, strangulation and suffocation" were most frequent with 13.6%.
The dominant cause of death in the category "homicides" was "assault by other and unspecified firearm discharge", making up 3.7% of total number of violent deaths.
